There is no way you just used ChatGPT to defend a crappy update and sent it to me
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they can just keep it so much peoples like the classic faces
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he has chatgpt, i think. he has it
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do you guys have a clinical inability to listen to the people who keep your business afloat
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Luckily they should retain their ASSETIDs, and remain usable in-game then!
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While I’m not necessarily against the dynamic heads feature in theory, I’m baffled that classic faces are currently being taken off-sale.
This feature is being pushed as a means of allowing users to better express themselves. If creative expression is the goal, why take away a feature that users love and replace it with something that further limits what accessories they can wear? As outlined by other users in this thread, like Spectaqual and TaylorRobinson, these new dynamic heads don’t seem to work properly with pre-existing face accessories. Here’s another example showing the Stevie Standard head with a pair of glasses and a beard (thank you Shipool for this example).
Moreover, the designs also have strange variations that make the current replacements feel like cheap imitations of the previous faces. For example, here are the original Chill and the new Peaceful Vibes faces side by side.
As can be seen, the two faces look fairly different. The more compact design and thicker mouth seen on the Peaceful Vibes face gives it a considerably different appearance from the original. So much so that there are plenty of users who would prefer to just stick to the original. This issue gets further exacerbated by cases like Freckles vs Sun Kissed Freckles, where the latter forces on a completely different head shape. Example below:
If the goal is to allow users to express themselves as much as possible, why go out of your way to actively make it harder for users to use faces they’d otherwise love to have? These differences serve to not only alienate old users, but they also drive away potential new buyers because now a face they like is forever tied to a head shape they may not be interested in.
While dynamic heads currently lock you into whatever head shape they’re tied to, classic faces can be applied to any head shape you have! More specifically, they can be applied to heads that don’t have some sort of texture baked into them. See the image below for just a handful of examples.
While this isn’t every classic head in the catalog, this is enough to show just how powerful our current tools are. Not only that, but it also shows how needlessly restrictive dynamic heads are in comparison.
With all of this in mind, I can’t help but see dynamic heads as a completely different product from classic faces. While dynamic heads can track your facial movements to offer a unique form of expression, they lack the modularity or even the appeal of classic faces and heads. So that leaves me with one question: why not just have both? Bring back all the classic faces that were taken off sale, I think abzences has just about all of them, while also bringing out animated alternatives. That way, people can choose whether they like the classic 2D look or the more modern animated look and express themselves how they see fit.
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This post right exactly sums up majority of the forum’s opinion. Not only that it actually points out the issue too accessories that were designed to fit classic faces. They should’ve notified everyone about this mass change in the catalog instead of doing it after the fact that people found out. As you mentioned before it takes away expression to those who want classic faces.
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It’s okay if they want to make dynamic heads of some faces on the catalog. It’s not okay that the classic faces that will be remade into dynamic heads are taken offsale. We should be able to choose whether or not we want a dynamic head or just the classic face. Simple as that.
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@pettyreup (or LeafyNebula) the faces are offsale. u said “it doesen’t necessarily mean classic faces will be taken offsale”.
Yes it does. If you were actually bothered, you would have written a response yourself and had a valid conversation.
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I have no idea why you would put this in game ever. First of all you put in a feature of which the only use is creeping out new users who try out this platform. Second, you set this face onto all new accounts without any clear explanation. Third, you outright start collecting massive data from your users’ cameras from this? The GDPR boys will be onto you. I don’t approve this change. I’m out.
EDIT: Not to mention all the classic faces are becoming unavailable to all users. Just keep the classic part of the platform ON the platform, instead of phasing it out.
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I agree 100% with pixlz on this.
welcome to yeonjun rant zone
Just make Meta-Roblox a different app, and keep the classic one. Mostly update the classic one. This isn’t fair.
Setting this topic to no-more-watch because you guys are blowing up my notifactions
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Just…make the new animated faces a separate item so people can keep using the old ones if they don’t like the animated ones? Roblox can’t seem to understand they can continue to make new features without ruining old ones and it’s super frustrating. Who is being paid to make all these awful decisions, this should be such an easy win and they still manage to mess it up.
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Yes, I also think that this is a bad idea, on a par with the 17+ update
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Most of the ppl are complaining abt the online dating part/romantic part
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Optional but would be great if you did this step 7: Give people who owned the original the Dynamic Face version for free. If somebody has both, and bought the Dynamic Face version after owning the original, they should be refunded for how much they paid.
How are drag detectors apart of metaverse? I agree with everything else but huh.
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You’re blowing this way out of proportion lol. Roblox obviously isnt going to force anyone to use the camera tracking feature and it’s going to be completely optional. As with every new feature, there are always going to be people who are against it simply because it’s not something we’re used to.
I do, however, agree with you about them taking old faces off-sale. They shouldn’t try to force everyone out of the static faces. Roblox has always been about self-expression, so it should be important for everyone to be able to choose the customization as they like, and limiting this would be a move in the completely opposite direction.
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